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Jjs. ARMSTRONG. THREAD CABINET.

No. 575,197, Patented Jan. 12,1897.

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JOHN S. ARMSTRONG, OF BURLESON, TEXAS.

TH READ-CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 575,197, dated January12, 1897. Application filed July 8, 1896. Serial No. 598,440. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN S. ARMSTRONG, of Burleson, in the county ofJohnson and State of Texas, have invented a new and ImprovedThread-Cabinet, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to cabinets for spooladapted to contain spools ofthread of different sizes and from which the spools may be easilyextracted one at a time.

I will describe a thread-cabinet embodying my invention, and then pointout the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a cabinet embodying my invention. Fig.2 is a horizontal section thereof on the line 2 2 in Fig. 1, and Fig. 3is a vertical section.

The cabinet 1 is divided into several compartments by means of several.partitions 2. Each compartment is designed to contain a number of spoolsof thread, the thread in each separate compartment being of course ofthe same size. An opening 3, having ahinged cover 4, providescommunication for the several compartments. Each compartment has anopening 5 through the front wall of the cabinet, and each compartmenthas a downwardly-swinging bottom wall '6.

The bottom wall 6, which is made of spring metal,.is secured at itsinner end to the rear portion of the cabinet and is inclined downwardand outward through the opening 5.

The lower portion of the bottom wall is longitudinally slotted, as at 8,and in this slot a spool-receiver 9 operates. This spool-receiver at itslower end is pivoted to a lug 10, secured to and extended upward fromthe cabinet below the bottom wall 6. The upper portion of the receiver 9is provided 011 its outer side with a lug or projection 11, designed toreceive a spool of thread. A bridge 12, projected across the slot 8 ofthe bolt on the wall 6, extends through a longitudinal slot formed inthe receiver 9. As here shown, one wall of said slot is formed by meansof a rod 13, secured to the receiver and extending longitudinallythereof, and apin 7, extended across theslot of the receiver by engagingwith the bridge 12, forms a stop to limit the upward movement of thebottom wall. This pin 7 is made in the form of a screw and extendsthrough a slot-opening in the body portion of the lug 11, and thusserves to adjustabl y secure the lug.

The front wall of the cabinet may be provided with a sight-opening 14,through which the several compartments may be inspected to ascertainwhen the said compartments need recharging with spools of thread.

In operation when it is desired to remove a spool of thread from one ofthe compartments the operator will force the outer end of the bottomwall 6 downward, thus providing an opening between said bottom wall andthe top of the opening 5. This movement of the bottom wall will causethe receiver 9 to move downward to a position substantially parallelwith the bottom wall, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3. A singlespool will then fall into the port-ion ll of the receiver. Then byreleasing the bottom wall its resiliency will force it upward and causethe spool to be thrown outward or placed in a position to be received bythe salesman.

In the drawings Ihave shown but four compartments for spools, but it isto be understood that there maybe a greater or less number, and eachcompartment or the front wall thereof will be numbered, indicating thesize of the thread therein.

If desired, the cabinet may be provided with a suitable drawer 15 forcontaining thread of unusual sizes or colors or such thread as is notoften called for.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A spool-cabinet, comprising a number ofcompartments, each compartment having a swinging bottom wall extendedthrough a front opening in the cabinet, a swinging spoolreceiveroperated by said bottom wall, and means for automatically moving saidbottom wall to its closed position, substantially as specified.

2. A thread-cabinet, comprising a number of compartments, eachcompartment having a downwardly and outwardlyinclined bottom wallsecured to the rear portion of the cabidownward and outward through theopening from the compartment, a pivoted spool-receiver extended upwardthrough a slot-opening in the bottom Wall, a bridge attached to thebottom wall and extended through a slotopening in the receiver, a stopon the receiver to engage the bridge, and a lug or projection on .theouter side of the receiver, substantially as set forth.

JOHN S. ARMSTRONG.

Witnesses: R. P. ALEXANDER, J. O. J ONES.

